PICOLINE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PICOLINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PICOLINE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PICOLINE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PICOLINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
picolinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PICOLINE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PICOLINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PICOLINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PICOLINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
Any of three liquid compounds closely related to pyridine, obtained from coal tar and bone oil.
The three picolines share one formula but differ in where the methyl group sits on the ring, which is why they are called isomers. Industry uses them as starting materials for medicines, dyes and other chemicals.
How PICOLINE is used
Picoline is a chemical name used in laboratory and industrial contexts.
- Each picoline has a sharp, unpleasant smell.
- The plant made a picoline from coal tar as a first step.
- The textbook table compared the boiling points of the three picoline isomers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PICOLINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PICOLINE
1 longer words begin with PICOLINE.
Shorter words from the letters in PICOLINE
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Common questions about PICOLINE
- Is PICOLINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PICOLINE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PICOLINE worth?
- PICOLINE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PICOLINE mean?
- Any of three liquid compounds closely related to pyridine, obtained from coal tar and bone oil.
- What letters can be added to PICOLINE?
- PICOLINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PICOLINE:
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